Christopher
Dolder
Assistant Professor
Telephone: 214.768.1672
At SMU since August 1, 2009
Biography
Christopher Dolder is a former soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company and has spent the last 15 years choreographing and performing with his wife in their company, Westwick/Dolder Dance Theater. His cross-disciplinary journey has taken him to projects in theater, dance, music, videography, kinesiology, “green” architecture, and agrarian land rehabilitation, and he is very excited about his recent arrival at Meadows School for the Arts.
Education
M.F.A., Mills College, 1993;
B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1984
Teaching
Modern Technique, Composition, Repertory, Kinesiology, Videography, Pedagogy
Professional Experience
Former soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company, co-directed and performed for Westwick/Dolder Dance Company, 15 years as Dance Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley